Notice this in the messages log

[Matthew Seaman]

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dbetts wrote:
> Freshly installed Freebsd 6.2 on a new box noticed this in the messages
> log.
> 
>> locutus sshd[22236]: gethostby*.getanswer: asked for "warf IN AAAA",
>> got type "A"
>> May 26 16:13:03 locutus sshd[22236]: gethostby*.getanswer: asked for
>> "warf IN AAAA", got type "A"
>> locutus _su: gethostby*.getanswer: asked for "warf IN AAAA", got type "A"
> Is this an error message? Do I need to worry about it?
> Sometime i will get the message for ftp also

It is a problem with the nameserver you are querying to try and resolve
the hostname 'warf' into an IP number.  It could happen for any means of
access to those machines, not just SSH or FTP.

That nameserver is sending you an 'A' (IPv4) response to a query about an
'AAAA' (IPv6) quantity.  Which is simply broken.

However, unless you are the admin of that nameserver, it's nothing to
worry about: your FreeBSD machines will carefully ignore the nonsensical
response and DTRT.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


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